Integral Access PurePacket Platform Named Product of the Year

Communications Solutions Magazine Honors MPLS-Based Multi-Service Access System in Broadband Access Category

Chelmsford, Mass. - Jan. 10, 2001 - Integral Access, Inc. -- -- the intelligent MPLS access company -- today announced that its PurePacket platform has been named Broadband Access Product of the Year for 2000 by Communications Solutions magazine, a highly regarded industry publication that covers convergence technologies. PurePacket was honored in the Next Generation Networks/Services category of the publication's annual awards.

PurePacket is a multi-service packet-based system that enables carriers to offer differentiated services and combine voice/data on new generation IP-based networks, as well as traditional circuit switched infrastructures. To guarantee QoS, enable Class of Service (CoS), and maximize the traffic carrying capacity of access networks, PurePacket uses an MPLS-based architecture to route, transport and switch voice and data transmissions in packet format. This complete access network solutions includes the:

• OUTburst family of integrated access customer premise equipment
• PurePacketNode carrier network aggregation devices for central offices, co-locations, points of presence, and multi-dwelling/tenant units
• PurePacketOMS™ operations management system for network control and services management

"Receiving Product of the Year honors from a leading industry publication like Communications Solutions provides one more measure of industry recognition that the PurePacket platform is the leading solution for building next generation access networks," said Jack Cicon, president and CEO Integral Access. "This award is a source of great pride for Integral Access and further validates our vision that pure IP networks offer the best approach for building new broadband infrastructures."

Note to editors: PurePacket, PurePacketNode and PurePacketOMS™ are trademarks of Integral Access, Inc. PurePacketOUTburst and the Integral Access logo are registered trademarks of Integral Access, Inc.